adj. 1. Relating to the cultivation of land; agricultural: an agrarian economy. 2. Relating to or concerning the land and its ownership, cultivation, and tenure: agrarian reform. n. A person who favors equitable distribution of land. [From Latin agrārius, relating to the land, from ager, agr-, field; see agro- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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